Chaos;Child Anime Visual, Cast and Staff Revealed

The official website of the upcoming TV anime adaptation of 5pb. and Nitro+’s Chaos;Child visual novel has revealed a brand a new visual for the Winter 2016/2017 series. In addition, more cast members and the first character designs were also unveiled.

Chaos;Child, as the name indicates is related to the first game in the series Chaos;Head. Chaos;Child will be set in the same world as its predecessor and in the same city of Shibuya, but after the game’s conclusion. It is also part of the world of Steins;Gate and Robotics;Notes. The game’s setting are as follows:

November 6, 2009.
A local Earthquake occurred in Shibuya with a magnitude of 78.
The city of Shibuya, and the area surrounding Shibuya Station is devastated, and the final death toll is 3851 people.

It is currently the year 2015.
The story begins with the reconstruction of a post- earthquake Shibuya…??

Here is the game’s launch trailer:

The game originally released on the Xbox 360 in late 2014 and on Sony’s line of consoles, the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4, and the PlayStation Vita, on June 25th 2015.

The series of science adventure games is a collaboration between developers Nito+ and 5pb. The games play out similarly to modern visual novels but notably with the usage of the main character’s device casually known as a trigger. All games focus heavily on scientific methods and theories and are incorporated into the game. The first game in the series was Chaos;Head, which released in 2008 for the PC. The next game, Steins;Gate released in 2009 and finally followed by Robotics;Notes in 2012. All games have been released and re-released on multiple platforms. The games also received numerous adaptations in manga, novels and anime. The most well known series, Steins;Gate, also received an original film set after the events of the anime.

The TV anime adaptation of Chaos;Child will air from January 2017 throughout the Winter 2016/2017 anime season. Further information about the anime will be revealed soon.